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Sometimes it's hard to remain true to yourself in high school when everyone's trying to make you conform to a certain thing. Here's some tips and suggestions on how to stay yourself throughout high school.

Steps

1

Find a group of friends that you like and like you. These are the kinds of people that won't try to make you be different. try to hang out with these people as much as possible to develop a good relationship with them. These will most likely be your lifelong friends, so be good to them!

2

Talk to whomever you want. Don't listen to what people say.

3

Dress the way you want to. If your school has a uniform/tight dress code, still obey these rules, but remain true to yourself. A few weeks before you start school, go to the mall and browse stores and find the clothes you like. It doesn't matter if it isn't "in fashion" if you like it, wear it, it's important to feel comfortable and not like you're wearing a costume. If you have a uniform/dress code, look at the rules. In the first weeks, make sure you're definitely in uniform, and just watch and see what everyone else is wearing, then become a little more bold in what you wear.

4

Buy school supplies that you like. It doesn't matter if it's meant for 3rd graders, if you like it, go for it! With backpacks, buy something functional.

5

Don't try to dress a certain way to fit a mold, because chances are, you'll eventually dislike it, or worse, be called a poser. So don't risk it, Be Yourself, if people don't like you for who you are, too bad for them. Don't talk trash about people because others are, that's just uncool, and may come back to haunt you. Just don't do it.

6

Try out for something you love (sports, plays, choir, band, etc.). It doesn't matter if it's "uncool" it's a great way to make new friends with similar interests as you. And, does it really matter if you were cool in high school? How many really successful people were one of the more popular people in high school. (Bill Gates? Steve Jobs?)

7

Do your homework! How are you going to find yourself in a career if you flunk out? If you don't, you will live in your hometown your whole life and always talk about high school with the other people who never found out who they were, or who they wanted to be.

8

Put on a front. When you feel unworthy, make yourself seem confident. When people talk behind your back, laugh at it and make up jokes about what they said.If you are in a trend that people make fun of, then make fun of your trend in front of them. Play cocky-confident guy. After a while, you will feel better. Just don't be mean to others! You are no better than anyone.

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Say what you really think. Be who you are or think you are. Who cares what they think. Teenagers need to feel a part of a group because they are vulnerable and don't feel they know themselves. Plus, high school is not like real life. You won't see a huge selection of groupings of people all at once. And adults can relate more to people after growing up and soul searching.

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wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, 24 people, some anonymous, worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has also been viewed 31,137 times.